Medical school set for Pounds 38m extension
EDINBURGH University's medical school is to have a new Pounds 38 million building. The move is hailed by the government as the country's most significant capital development in medical education for...
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London scientists top European league
LONDON scientists are the most productive in Europe, according to a study by Christian Matthiessen of the University of Copenhagen. The capital's researchers published more papers than did scientists...
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Prodigy's Cambridge place under threat
A place for the youngest entrant to Cambridge University this century is under threat. The High Court this week ruled that the 15-year-old dyslexic should not be given additional financial support...
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Bedside manner should count for more
Medical schools will be advised to place less emphasis on A-level results and more on bedside manner when selecting students. The Council of Heads of Medical Schools is drafting a policy statement...
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Debt looms more than ever for medics, warns BMA
Medical students graduate with an average debt of almost Pounds 8,000, according to the British Medical Association. In future years, it added, medics' financial problems will be compounded since...
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Sheikh donates millions to Exeter
A multimillion pound donation from a former student is to fund a new institute of Arabic and Islamic studies at the University of Exeter. Sheikh Sultan Bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Sharjah's ruler, who...
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Nurse tutors exploited, say unions
UP TO 2,000 nurse tutors in higher education are being forced to work more hours in less favourable conditions than their colleagues, say the Royal College of Nursing and Natfhe, the lecturers' union...
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Honorary degrees
Leicester University DMus: The Lindsay string quartet: Peter Cropper, Ronald Birks, Robin Ireland and Bernard Gregor-Smith. DLitt: John Sutherland, Lord Northcliffe professor of modern English...
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Fees fail to curb rush for places
TUITION fees have failed to deter people from higher education as the rush for places goes on, according to the admissions service. Figures released this week show the number of people withdrawing...
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Top marks for A-level science students
Science students gained more top grades in this year's A levels than in 1997. And the proportion of students taking science subjects was also slightly up on the previous year, writes Alison Goddard...
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Graduates rejecting teaching
A recruitment crisis is looming in teacher training, hitting both undergraduate and postgraduate courses, it emerged this week. Experts predict the biggest drop for a decade in places filled on Post...
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Admissions process reviewed
UNIVERSITIES will be consulted later this year on proposals to change the admissions process and do away with the present system of conditional offers, writes Alan Thomson. The proposals involve...
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Routes to a knowledge industry
Universities must promote links between subjects and with industry if they are to nourish modern society, argues Werner Hirsch. THE modern world, for all its sophistication, still has difficulty...
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Examination board row over missing A-level papers
An examination board at the centre of worries over computer failures was this week rowing about missing A-Level papers. Twenty-one Bodmin Community College pupils in Cornwall gained unclassified...
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Minister warns Scot principals
Helen Liddell, Scotland's new education minister, has introduced herself to the Committee of Scottish Higher Education Principals with a broadside against institutions charging students for tuition...